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malevolent / malignant
'Malevolent' is literally 'wishing ill', as a 'malevolent' look or tone of voice. 'Malignant', a more powerful word, means 'wishing to cause harm' as a 'malignant' delight in someone else's misfortunes. With reference to diseases it means 'causing death', as a 'malignant' growth -- contrasted with a 'benign' one which is not normally fatal.
(The Penguin Dictionary of the Confusibles)
compendium
does not mean vast and all-embracing but a succinct summary or abridgement. A compendium provides a complete summary in a brief way.
(The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors)
gunki monogatari
Japanese narratives. Gunki monogatari, or "medieval war tales," dramatized the divisive civil wars that rocked Japan between 1156 and 1221 and resulted in imperial power struggles. Developed during the Kamakura (1185-1333) and Muromachi (1333-1568) periods of Japanese history, these tales institutionalized bravery, courage, and loyalty as a part of the Japanese national character, and formed the basis of many of the plots of Noh and Kabuki plays of traditional Japanese theater. The most highly regarded of these was the Heike monogatari, which dramatized the arrogance of the warring imperial-guard families of the 1180's and their eventual downfall. The medieval war tales contained a strong Buddhist subtext, in that they continually pointed out the ephemeral nature of human life and action.
(The Dictionary of Global Culture)
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Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakam
The woman pushed on the baby's stomach and sucked its penis into her mouth; it was thinner than the American menthols she smoked and a bit slimy, like raw fish.
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
In 1517, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, feeling great pity for the Indians who grew worn and lean in the drudging infernos of the Antillean gold mines, proposed to Emperor Charles V that Negroes be brought to the isles of the Caribbean, so that they might grow worn and lean in the drudging infernos of the Antillean gold mines.
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"Breaking Point"
posted Monday, May 27, 2002:
The big conversation went down something like this: "There's been something on my mind. I'm not sure what it is, but I'm not as sexually driven when I'm around you as I used to be. I don't really know what to do about it." That, of course, came off sounding like: "I'm not attracted to you anymore."
Not really the best of things to have said, but it wasn't exactly a lie. I'm not sure if I could have put it any better. Maybe I was trying to say I wasn't attracted to him anymore, although there is certainly a side of me that continues to try and convice myself that I am. Maybe I am, too. This banter draws me to one conclusion: I simply don't know.
And that's what I told him; I don't know what to do about it. I feel sad about telling him. I called him tonight and told him that we shouldn't see each other for a while, which he seemed to take fairly well at first, but it became quickly obvious that his level-headedness was on a downhill slide as his voice turned shaky and unstable and he fumbled for words.
All I wanted to do was hold him and tell him everything would be okay.
Derek's here at the moment and I'm thankful for his presence, though not necessarily thankful for the reason he's still here. His new car, a 1995 Acura Integra, is not running like it should. In fact, it is not drivable at all, as the clutch seems to have disappeared, turning gear-shifting into an impossible task.
We sit alone in the quiet apartment, one nursing a broken heart, the other, a broken car and dream of better days. «
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